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Alternative farming systems : economic aspects : March 1993- June 1996.

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1. Alternative agriculture--Economic aspects-- Bibliography
2. Sustainable agriculture--Economic aspects-- Bibliography
I. Title.
aZ5071.N3 no.96-08

Alternative Farming Systems - Economic Aspects
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Alternative Farming Systems - Economic Aspects

1.
NAL Call No.: S478.A1C34--1995
160 alternative farming enterprises & ideas : suitable for large and small farms. 160 alternative farming enterprises and ideas.
Cahill,G. 1.; Donlevy,B. East Melbourne,Vic. : Agmedia, c1995. 112 p. : ill.,Includes bibliographical references.
Descriptors: Agricultural-diversification-Australia; Agriculture-Australia

2.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.S86H37-- 1990
The 1990 Farm Bill : its meaning for sustainable agriculture and future directions of the sustainable agriculture movement.
Hassebrook,C.; Center for Rural Affairs (Walthill,N. Walthill, Neb. : Center for Rural Affairs, [1990?] 20 p., Caption title.
Descriptors: Agriculture-and-state-United-States; Sustainable-agriculture

3.
NAL Call No.: S540.O53N56- 1991
1990 Indiana on-farm demonstration project results.
American Farmland Trust. [Washington, D.C.] : American Farmland Trust ; West Lafayette, IN : Indiana Sustainable Agriculture Association, c1991. 35 p. : ill., map, "March 1991."
Descriptors: Agriculture-Research-Indiana-On-farm; Sustainable-agriculture-Research-Indiana

4.
NAL Call No.: HD9066.C23S23-- 1992
1992 U.C. Cooperative Extension sample costs to produce organic rice no-till drill seeded in the Sacramento Valley. Sample costs to produce organic rice no-till drill seeded in the Sacramento Valley.
Williams, J. [Davis, Cailf.?] : U.C. Cooperative Extension, [1992?] 23 p., Caption title.
Descriptors: Rice-California-Sacramento-River- Watershed-Costs; Organic-farming-California-Sacramento-River- Watershed-Costs; No-tillage-California-Sacramento- River- Watershed

5.
NAL Call No.: 1-Ag84y
The ABC's of alternative agriculture.
Levins, R. A.; Donnelly, D. J. Yearb-agric. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., [1980-. 1989. p. 57-61.
In the series analytic: Farm management: How to achieve your farm business / edited by D.T. Smith.
Descriptors: alternative-farming; farm-enterprises; decision-making; farm-management

6.
NAL Call No.: 421- J822
Action thresholds based on plant defoliation for management of Colorado potato beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in potato.
Zehnder, G.; Vencill, A. M.; Speese, J. I. J-econ- entomol v.88(1): p.155-161. (1995 Feb.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: solanum-tuberosum; leptinotarsa- decemlineata; infestation; crop-damage; leaf-area; crop-growth- stage; insecticides; spraying; crop-yield; low-input- agriculture; insect-control; virginia; damage-thresholds
Abstract: Small plot field experiments were conducted to assess the yield response of Superior potatoes to various levels of Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say), defoliation during different potato plant growth stages. A pretransformed, weighted defoliation rating scheme was used to quantify leaf area loss from Colorado potato beetle feeding. Preliminary defoliation action or treatment thresholds were developed and evaluated in large plot experiments where the defoliation thresholds were compared with a conventional program in which insecticide was applied based on potato beetle numbers per plant. Use of the defoliation thresholds for timing of insecticide resulted in a reduction in the number of sprays with no significant reduction in tuber yield, compared with the conventional program. Action thresholds of 20% (plant emergence to early bloom), 30% (early bloom to late bloom) and 60% (late bloom to harvest) are proposed for use in eastern Virginia and are defined as the maximum level of potato beetle feeding damage (foliage loss) before yield loss occurs, given the usual, dry potato-growing conditions prevalent in eastern Virginia. Guidelines for use of the defoliation action thresholds in a Colorado potato beetle management program are presented.

7.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.A65P67-- 1992
Adapted technology for African agriculture. 1. Aufl. Angepasste Technologie fur die afrikanische Landwirtschaft : Studie zu einem Mechanisierungsprojekt in Burkina Faso.
Poschl, J. Frankfurt a. M. [i.e. am Main] : Brandes & Apsel, c1992. 151 p. : ill., maps, Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-126).
Descriptors: Alternative-agriculture-Burkina-Faso; Farm-mechanization-Economic-aspects-Burkina-Faso; Agricultural- development-projects-Burkina-Faso

8.
NAL Call No.: 281.28- R88
Adoption of sustainable agricultural practices: diffusion, farm structure, and profitability.
Saltiel, J.; Bauder, J. W.; Palakovich, S. Rural- sociol v.59(2): p.333-349. (1994 Summer)
Includes references.
Descriptors: sustainability; innovation-adoption; farm- management; profitability; farm-inputs; low-input-agriculture; farm-enterprises; montana
Abstract: This paper employs diffusion and farm- structure variables to explain variations in Montana farmers' adoption of two kinds of sustainable agricultural

9.
NAL Call No.: **LD5655.V855- 1992.L362
Agents of fundamental policy change? : political strategies of the environmental, sustainable agriculture, and family farm groups in the 1990 farm bill.
Lang, H. 1. 1992. vii, 223 leaves : ill., Vita.
Descriptors: United-States-Food,-Agriculture,- Conservation,-and-Trade-Act-of-1990; Agriculture-and-state- United-States-Political-aspects; Sustainable-agriculture- United- States-Political-aspects; Family-farms-United-States-Political- aspects; Agricultural-conservation-United-States-Political- aspects

10.
NAL Call No.: SB1.H6
Agricultural adjustment in the Carolinas and Georgia through alternative cropping systems.
Sanders, D. C. HortScience v.26(9): p.1131-1133. (1991 Sept.)
Paper presented at the "Colloquium on Alternative Crops Research and Development Programs--Strategies to Reduce the Plight of the Farmer," August 1, 1989, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Descriptors: alternative-farming; cropping-systems; vegetables; marketing; crop-production; research-projects; north- carolina; south-carolina; georgia

11.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.A65I36- 1989
Agricultural alternatives and nutritional self- sufficiency : for a sustainable agricultural system that respects nam and his environment : proceedings of the IFOAM Seventh International Scientific Conference, Ouagadougou, January 2- 5, 1989. Proceedings of the IFOAM Seventh International Scientific Conference.
Djigma, A.; IFOAM International Scientific Conference (7th : 1989 : Ouagadougou, B. F. [Witzenhausen?] : Ekopan, c1990. 429 p. : ill., maps, Some abstracts in French.
Descriptors: Alternative-agriculture-Congresses; Organic-farming-Congresses; Nutrition-policy-Congresses

12.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.B563N33
Agricultural biotechnology for sustainable productivity: a USAID initiative for plant biotechnology in the developing world.
Dodds, J. NABC-rep (6): p.95-104. (1994)
In the series analytic: Agricultural biotechnology & the public good / edited by J.F. MacDonald.
Descriptors: agricultural-production; productivity; sustainability; biotechnology; public-agencies; projects; technology-transfer; developing-countries; u; s; -agency-for- international-development

13.
NAL Call No.: 500- N484
Agricultural biotechnology for sustainable productivity (ABSP). A U.S. agency for international development initiative.
Cohen, J.; Chambers, J.; Dodds, J.; Sticklen, M.; Wilson, M.; Sondahl, M.; Bedford, B. Ann-NY-Acad-Sci. New York : New York Academy of Sciences, 1877-. 1993. v. 700 p. 102-110.
Includes references.
Descriptors: agricultural-production; biotechnology; history; government-organizations; developing-countries; u; s; - agency-for-international-development

14.
NAL Call No.: HD9000.6.I529-- 1994
Agricultural competitiveness : market forces and policy choice : proceedings of the Twenty-second International Conference of Agricultural Economists, held at Harare, Zimbabwe, 22-29 August 1994.
Peters, G. H. 1.; Hedley, D. D.; International Conference of Agricultural Economists (22nd : 1994 : Harare, Z. Aldershot, Hants, England ; Brookfield, Vt. : Dartmouth Publishing, 1995. xvi, 764 p. : ill., Includes bibliographical references and index.
Descriptors: Produce-trade-Government-policy- Congresses; Agriculture-and-state-Congresses; Sustainable- agriculture-Congresses; International-economic-relations- Congresses; Competition,-International-Congresses

15.
NAL Call No.: S474.S45-- 1989
Agricultural ecology and rural development. Agroecologia y desarrollo rural : memoria del I Seminario de Agroecologia y Desarrollo Rural, Achocalla, 9-13 de enero de 1989.
Seminario de Agroecologia y Desarrollo Rural (1st : 1989 : Achocalla, B. La Paz, Bolivia : Servicios Multiples de Tecnologias Apropiadas, 1989. 185 p., [6] leaves of plates (1 col.), [1] folded leaf : ill., Descriptors: Agricultural-ecology-South-America-Congresses; Alternative- agriculture-South-America-Congresses; Agricultural-innovations- South-America- Congresses; Rural-development-South-America- Congresses; Land-use,-Rural-South-America-Planning-Congresses

16.
NAL Call No.: HD101.S6
Agricultural industrialization and sustainable development: a global perspective.
Davis, C. G.; Langham, M. R. J-agric-appl-econ v.27(1): p.21-42. (1995 July)
Paper presented at the meeting of the Southern Agricultural Economics Association, January 30, 1995, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Descriptors: industrialization; agricultural- development; sustainability; economic-development; development- policy; food-production; environmental-protection; trends- ; developing-countries; developed-countries
Abstract: Agricultural industrialization and sustainable development issues are important contemporary areas of debate. This paper argues that the two processes are a consequence of a set of forces operating in our global system. It outlines a number of conceptual interactions between the two phenomena and examines economic development and sustainable development policy implications that appear to be logical extensions of the arguments presented.

17.
NAL Call No.: HD843.2.A57-- 1995
Agricultural land use management in Asia : report of an APO Seminar, 8-18 November, 1994 Tokyo, Japan.
Asian Productivity Organization. Tokyo : Asian Productivity Organization, 1995. 298 p. : ill., maps, "Report of an APO Seminar on Agricultural Land use Management held in Tokyo from 8 to 18 November 1994"--T.p. verso.
Descriptors: Land-use,-Rural-Asia-Congresses; Farm- management-Asia-Congresses; Sustainable-agriculture-Asia- Congresses; Land-capability-for-agriculture-Asia- Congresses

18.
NAL Call No.: HD1920.5.A37-- 1993
Agricultural policy and environment : proceedings of a conference : Motta di Livenza (TV) Italy, June 22-26, 1992.
Rosato, P.; University of Minnesota. Center for International Food and Agricultural Policy. Padova [Italy] : Unipress, c1993. ii, 347 p. : ill., "Sponsored by University of Minnesota, Center for International Food and Agricultural Policy [and] Universita degli studi di Padova, Dipartimento territorio e sistemi agro-forestal [and] Regione Veneto, Ente di sviluppo agricolo." Foreword.
Descriptors: Agriculture-and-state-European-Economic- Community-countries-Congresses; Environmental-policy-European- Economic-Commuity-countries- Congresses; Sustainable-agriculture- European-Economic-Community-countries-Congresses; Nonpoint- source-pollution-European-Economic-Community- countries- Congresses; Europe,-Eastern-Economic-conditions

19.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.S86A37-- 1993
Agricultural policy and sustainability : case studies from India, Chile, the Philippines and the United States.
Faeth, P.; World Resources Institute. [Washington, D.C.] : World Resources Institute, c1993. viii, 113 p. : ill., Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-113).
Descriptors: Agriculture-and-state; Sustainable- agriculture-India-Case-studies; Sustainable-agriculture-Chile- Case-studies; Sustainable-agriculture-Philippines-Case- studies; Sustainable-agriculture-United-States-Case-studies

20.
NAL Call No.: S605.5.A43
Agricultural policy debates: examining the alternative and conventional perspectives.
Beus, C. E.; Dunlap, R. E. Am-J-altern-agric. Greenbelt, MD : Henry A. Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture. 1993. v. 8 (3) p. 98-106.
Includes references.
Descriptors: agricultural-policy; alternative-farming; interest-groups; attitudes; surveys
Abstract: Control of agricultural policy making by the agricultural establishment has been challenged by a wide range of interests concerned with the externalities of modern industrialized agriculture. An externalities/alternatives or "ex/al" coalition appears to be an emerging force in agricultural policy debates. We surveyed three alternative agriculture groups, three conventional agriculture groups, and a statewide sample of farmers to learn whether each category forms a distinct, unified interest group whose perspectives on agricultural policy diverge substantially from the others'. There is considerable similarity among the alternative agriculture groups and among the conventional agriculture groups, the differences between them being much greater than the differences within each category. The statewide farmer sample is generally intermediate between the two sets of interest groups, but is closer to the conventional perspective on most issues.

21.
NAL Call No.: S596.7.P37- 1993
Agricultural productivity, sustainability, and fertilizer use.
Parish, D. H. D. H. 1. Muscle Shoals, Ala. : International Fertilizer Development Center, 1993. 21 p. : ill., "May 1993"--P. [4] of cover.
Descriptors: Soil-productivity; Agricultural- productivity; Fertilizers; Sustainable-agriculture

22.
NAL Call No.: SB1.H6
Agricultural sustainability and its implications to the horticulture profession and the ability to meet global food needs.
York, E. T. Jr. HortScience v.26(10): p.1252-1256. (1991 Oct.)
Paper presented at the 88th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Horticultural Science, July 21, 1991, University Park, Pennsylvania.
Descriptors: horticulture; sustainability; food- production; trends; world-food-problems; alternative-farming; agricultural-chemicals; low-input-agriculture; environmental- protection; health-hazards; opinions

23.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.S86A375-- 1995
Agricultural sustainability : economic, environmental, and statistical considerations.
Barnett, V.; Payne, R. R. W.; Steiner, R. Chichester ; New York : Wiley, c1995. xii, 266 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), Papers presented at a workshop held at Rothamsted Experimental Station, March 28-30, 1993.
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture-Congresses; Sustainable-agriculture-Research-Congresses; Cropping-systems- Congresses; Cropping-systems-Research-Congresses

24.
NAL Call No.: S471.I5L66-- 1989
Agricultural technology development to face competition on the use of land and water for agricultural and non agricultural used. Pengembangan teknologi budidaya pertanian untuk menghadapi persaingan penggunaan lahan dan air antara pertanian dan bukan pertanian.
Lokakarya Pulang Kandang Alumni Fakultas Pertanian UGM (1989 : Yogyakarta, I. [Yogyakarta : Universitas Gadjah Mada, 1989] 183 p. : ill., maps, Includes bibliographical references.
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture-Indonesia- Congresses; Agriculture-Indonesia-Congresses

25.
NAL Call No.: S473.9.A47-- 1993
Agriculture and sustainable development at the Third Ibero-American Summit Meeting of Heads of State and Government. Agricultura y desarrollo sostenible en la Tercera Cumbre Iberoamericana de Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno.
Inter American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture. San Jose, Costa Rica : IICA, 1993. 116 p., Also published in English with title: Agriculture and sustainable development at the Third Ibero-American Summit Meeting of Heads of State and Government.
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture-Latin-America; Sustainable-development-Latin-America

26.
NAL Call No.: HC143.Z9E525-- 1992
Agriculture and sustainable development in the region of Hojancha, Costa Rica. Desarrollo agropecuario sostenible en la region de Hojancha, Guanacaste, Costa Rica.
Campos, O.; Rodriguez, E.; Ugalde A., L. A.; Proyecto Cultivo de Arboles de Uso Multiple. Turrialba, Costa Rica : Centro Agronomico Tropical de Investigacion y Ensenanza, CATIE, 1992. iii, 36 p. : ill., "Publicacion patrocinada por el Proyecto Diseminacion del Cultivo de Arboles de Uso Multiple."
Descriptors: Sustainable-development-Costa-Rica

27.
NAL Call No.: S451.5.W55-- 1995
Agriculture and sustainable development : policy analysis on the Great Plains.
Wilson, A.; Tyrchniewicz, A. J.; International Institute for Sustainable Development. Winnipeg : International Institute for Sustainable Development, 1995. viii, 108 p. : ill., map, Includes bibliographical references.
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture-Prairie-Provinces; Sustainable-agriculture-Great-Plains; Agriculture-and-state- Prairie-Provinces; Agriculture-and-state-Great- Plains

28.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.P75A45-- 1995
Agriculture-fertilizer interface in Asia : issues of growth and sustainability.
Ahmed, S. New Delhi : Oxford & IBH Pub. Co., c1995. viii, 158 p. : ill., Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]- 156) and indexes.
Descriptors: Fertilizers-Asia-Economic-aspects; Agricultural-productivity-Asia; Soil-productivity-Asia; Sustainable-agriculture-Asia; Fertilizer-industry-Asia

29.
NAL Call No.: S451.M6C43-- 1994
An agriculture that makes sense : profitability of four sustainable farms in Minnesota. Profitability of four sustainable farms in Minnesota.
Chan Muehlbauer, C.; Dansingburg, J.; Gunnink, D.; Land Stewardship Project (U.S.). [Marine on St. Croix, MN?] : Land Stewardship Project, [1994?] 43 p. : ill., Cover title.
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture-Economic-aspects- Minnesota

30.
NAL Call No.: HD1751.C45
The agroecological opium of the masses.
Chen, J. Choices v.10(4): p.16-21. (1995)
Includes references.
Descriptors: food-production; ecology; sustainability; innovations; somatotropin; agricultural-policy; usa

31.
NAL Call No.: S544.5.B5D45- 1992
Agroecology as a strategy for rural development in Bolivia. La agroecologia en las estrategias del desarrollo rural : (una experiencia institucional).
Delgado B., F. Cusco, Peru : Centro de Estudios Regionales Andinos "Bartolome de Las Casas," c1992. 164 p. : ill., map, "Fe de erratas"--Cover, p. [3].
Descriptors: Agrobiologia-Universidad-Cochabamba; Agricultural-extension-work-Bolivia; Agricultural-ecology- Bolivia; Ecology-Bolivia; Agricultural-research-Bolivia

32.
NAL Call No.: QK1.C83
Agroecology of tropical underground crops for small-scale agriculture.
Valenzuela, H. R.; DeFrank, J. Crit-rev-plant-sci v.14(3): p.213-238. (1995)
Includes references.
Descriptors: manihot-esculenta; dioscorea; xanthosoma- sagittifolium; colocasia-esculenta; crop-production; small-farms; root-crops; tropical-crops; crop-yield; yield- components; farming-systems-research; low-input-agriculture; literature- reviews

33.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.S86A48-- 1994
Agroecosystem health : with special reference to the Consultative Group for International Research (CGIAR).
Nielsen, N. O. Guelph, Ontario : University of Guelph, [1994] 114 p. : ill., At head of title: Proceedings of an international workshop. Environmental Sciences."
Descriptors: Consultative-Group-for-International- Agricultural-Research-Congresses; Sustainable-agriculture- Research-Congresses; Agricultural-ecology-Research- Congresses; Ecosystem-management-Research-Congresses

34.
NAL Call No.: S539.5.J68
Agronomic and economic performance of conventional vs. reduced input bean cropping systems.
Liebman, M.; Rowe, R. J.; Corson, S.; Marra, M. C.; Honeycutt, C. W.; Murphy, B. A. J-prod-agric v.6(3): p.369-378. (1993 July-1993 Sept.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: phaseolus-vulgaris; low-input-agriculture; crop-production; economic-analysis

35.
NAL Call No.: S605.5.A43
Agronomic and economic potential of sustainable agriculture in South India.
Werf, E. v. d. Am-J-altern-agric. Greenbelt, MD : Henry A. Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture. Fall 1993. v. 8 (4) p. 185-191.
Includes references.
Descriptors: farming-systems; sustainability; economic- viability; comparisons; economic-analysis; land-productivity; india

36.
NAL Call No.: S539.5.J68
Agronomic responses of winter wheat cultivars to management systems.
Guy, S. O.; Tablas Romero, H.; Heikkinen, M. K. J-prod- agric v.8(4): p.529-535. (1995 Oct.-1995 Dec.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: triticum-aestivum; cultivars; winter- wheat; crop-management; nitrogen-fertilizers; application-rates; sowing-rates; low-input-agriculture; farm-inputs; crop- yield; grain; protein-content; weight; plant-height; lodging; nitrogen- content; leaves; soil; yield-components; genotype-environment- interaction; interactions; idaho; environment-management- treatment-interactions
Abstract: Management of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) should include N fertilization, crop protection, and seeding rates that allow efficient production based on cultivar and environmental yield potential. These studies were conducted to evaluate regionally grown cultivar responses to crop management systems in northern Idaho. In three environments, four cultivars were grown using management treatments (MT) similar to current recommended practices (MT3); a treatment with conservative N fertilization (MT2); a low input treatment with lower N, lower seeding rate, and minimal herbicide (MT1); and a high input treatment with higher N with split applications, plus a fungicide and growth regulator application (MT4). Data on grain yield, protein, test weight, plant height, and lodging were collected in all studies. In the two studies in 1992, leaf tissue N and soil N were analyzed and yield components were determined. Environment X MT and environment X cultivar interactions were found for grain yield, test weight, and protein. In 1991 at Moscow, the hard red wheat 'Weston' produced the highest grain yields across MTs and was the only cultivar to produce highest yields with MT4. Also in that environment, the three soft white cultivars produced higher yield and test weight and lower protein in MT2 than in MT3. In 1992 at Potlatch, limited soil water restricted yield, and MT1 had lower yields than other MTs, but protein content increased with higher N fertility. At Moscow in 1992, agronomic performance appears better in MT1 than in other treatments due to abundant early vegetative growth in the higher N fertility treatments that was followed by a soil water deficit throughout reproductive stages. Weston produced the lowest. components were positively correlated to yield, indicating treatment differences were influencing yield throughout several plant growth stages. High inputs (MT4) can be beneficial under some circumstances, but conservative N fertilization with conventional practices (MT2) gave the best overall agronomic performance across the tested environments and cultivars.

37.
NAL Call No.: S539.5.J68
Alfalfa establishment with and without spring-applied herbicides.
Brothers, B. A.; Schmidt, J. R.; Kells, J. J.; Hesterman, O. B. J-prod-agric v.7(4): p.494-501. (1994 Oct.-1994 Dec.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: medicago-sativa; crop-establishment; no- tillage; tillage; paraquat; 2,4-db; eptc; herbicide-mixtures; crop-yield; forage; crop-quality; crop-density; botanical- composition; returns; conventional-tillage

38.
NAL Call No.: HD1773.A2N6
The allocation of LISA research and extension funding.
Abler, D. G.; Musser, W. N. Agric-resour-econ-rev v.24(1): p.15-24. (1995 Apr.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: low-input-agriculture; research-support; extension; federal-programs; agricultural-research; politics; economic-impact; environmental-impact; econometric-models; usa; low-input-sustainable-agriculture; sustainable-agriculture- research-and-education-program

39.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.A65A473-- 1993
Alternative agricultural enterprises : production, management & marketing.
University of Idaho. College of Agriculture. [Moscow, Idaho] : University of Idaho, College of Agriculture : Cooperative Extension System : Agricultural Experiment Station, [1993] 1 v. (loose-leaf), Cover title.
Descriptors: Alternative-agriculture-Economic-aspects- Idaho; Entrepreneurship-Idaho

40.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.A65A452- 1990
Alternative agriculture : scientists' review.
Council for Agricultural Science and Technology. Ames, Iowa : Council for Agricultural Science and Technology, [1990] x, 182 p. : ill., "July 1990."
Descriptors: Alternative-agriculture; Alternative- agriculture-United-States; Agricultural-systems-United-States

41.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.I47J68
Alternative agriculture: selected information sources. I. Databases, abstracts and indexes, periodicals, and newsletters and newspapers.
Weintraub, I. J-agric-food-inf v.1(3): p.41-100. (1993)
Includes references.
Descriptors: alternative-farming; sustainability; bibliographies; databases; information-services; periodicals;newsletters; newspapers

42.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.I47J68
Alternative agriculture: selected information sources. II. Bibliographies, reports, and directories.
Weintraub, I. J-agric-food-inf v.1(4): p.33-96. (1993)
Descriptors: information-services; bibliographies; alternative-farming; reports; directories

43.
NAL Call No.: 281.28- R88
The alternative-conventional agriculture debate: Where do agricultural faculty stand.
Beus, C. E.; Dunlap, R. E. Rural-Sociol v.57(3): p.363-380. (1992 Fall)
Includes references.
Descriptors: agricultural-education; teachers; universities; alternative-farming; regional-surveys; washington; land-grant-universities
Abstract: In recent years, publicly funded agricultural science at land grant universities (LGUs) has come under increasing criticism by those who argue that LGUs have contributed to an industrial mode of agriculture that is neither ecologically nor socioeconomically sustainable. The views of critics and defenders of modern industrial agriculture reflect two competing perspectives on agriculture--an alternative and a conventional paradigm. Utilizing a 24-item alternative- conventional agriculture paradigm (ACAP) scale, this study analyzes the paradigmatic positions of faculty in the College of Agriculture and Home Economics at Washington State University. Results reveal that the faculty are slightly more conventional than are farmers statewide, slightly less conventional than proponents of conventional agriculture, and far more conventional than known alternative agriculturalists. When looking at particular elements of the agricultural debate, however, the faculty tend to be more conventional than farmers on the socioeconomic elements of the competing paradigms but considerably less conventional on elements dealing with ecological and conservation issues. Women, younger faculty, non-land grant educated faculty, and faculty not raised on farms are somewhat more likely to endorse the alternative agriculture paradigm than are their counterparts. These differences are minor, however, compared to the differences across academic disciplines. Faculty of departments oriented to the social sciences (with the exception of agricultural economics) tend to most strongly endorse the alternative paradigm, while faculty from the more production-oriented departments and agricultural economics are the most conventional. Possible implications of the findings are discussed for the future of publicly-funded agricultural science.

44.
NAL Call No.: S601.A34
Alternative crops for sustainable agricultural systems.
Becker, R.; Meyer, P.; Saunders, R. M.; Wagoner, P. Agric-Ecosyst-Environ v.40(1/4): p.265-274. (1992 May)
In the Special Issue: Biotic Diversity in Agroecosystems / edited by M.G. Paoletti and D. Pimentel. Proceedings from a symposium on Agroecology and Conservation Issues in Tropical and a Temperate Regions, September 26-29, 1990, Padova, Italy.
Descriptors: amaranthus; prosopis; thinopyrum; crops; uses; nutritive-value; nutrients; sustainability

45.
NAL Call No.: aZ5071.N3
Alternative crops: January 1991 - June 1993.
Schneider, K. Quick-bibliogr-ser. Beltsville, Md., National Agricultural Library. July 1993. (93-53) 45 p.
Updates QB 92-08.
Descriptors: crops; alternative-farming; diversification; production-possibilities; bibliographies

46.
NAL Call No.: aZ5071.N3
Alternative farming systems - economic aspects: January 1991 - January 1993.
Schneider, K. R. Quick-bibliogr-ser. Beltsville, Md., National Agricultural Library. Feb 1993. (93-17) 80 p.
Updates QB 92-09.
Descriptors: alternative-farming; farming-systems; agricultural-economics; economic-evaluation; bibliographies

47.
NAL Call No.: HD1751.C45
Alternative farming systems for U.S. agriculture: new estimates of profit and environmental effects.
Ikerd, J.; Monson, S.; Van Dyne, D. Choices p.37- 38. (1993)
Includes references.
Descriptors: alternative-farming; farming-systems; profits; environmental-impact; usa

48.
NAL Call No.: TD365.C54- 1995
Alternative management for no-till crop production.
Gallagher, R. S.; Cardina, J.; Harrison, S. K. Clean water, clean environment, 21st century team agriculture, working to protect water resources conference proceedings, March 5-8, 1995, Kansas City, Missouri /. St. Joseph, Mich. : ASAE, c1995.. v. 3 p. 105-107.
Descriptors: no-tillage; zea-mays; glycine-max; rotations; vicia-villosa; cover-crops; runoff-water; runoff; erosion-control; water-erosion; weed-control; atrazine; alachlor; band-placement; low-input-agriculture; application-rates; herbicide-residues; water-pollution; ohio

49.
NAL Call No.: S1.N32
Alternatives work.
DeVault, G. New-farm v.11(7): p.18-21, 25. (1989 Nov.-1989 Dec.)
Descriptors: alternative-farming; farming-systems; feasibility; economic-viability

50.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.S86S8
The Amish farm and alternative agriculture: a comparison.
Zook, L. J-sustain-agric v.4(4): p.21-30. (1994)
Includes references.
Descriptors: alternative-farming; farming-systems; ethnic-groups; farm-management; community-involvement; innovation-adoption; decision-making; comparisons

51.
NAL Call No.: SB321.G85
Annual heat maintenance checkup can help lower fuel costs.
Bartok, J. W. Jr. Grower. Storrs, Conn. : Cooperative Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, The University of Connecticut,. Dec 1993. v. 93 (12) p. 3-4.
Descriptors: heating-systems; greenhouses; maintenance; repairing; fuel-consumption; savings

52.
NAL Call No.: TD365.C54- 1995
Anoka Sand Plain Water Quality Project: best management practice demonstration results.
Blaine, M. J.; Rosen, C. J. Clean water, clean environment, 21st century team agriculture, working to protect water resources conference proceedings, March 5-8, 1995, Kansas City, Missouri /. St. Joseph, Mich. : ASAE, c1995.. v. 3 p. 29-32.
Includes references.
Descriptors: low-input-agriculture; pilot-farms; demonstration-farms; nitrogen-fertilizers; cattle-manure; application-to-land; rotations; glycine-max; medicago-sativa; zea-mays; solanum-tuberosum; crop-yield; rotations; application- rates; water-quality; groundwater-pollution; aquifers; minnesota

53.
NAL Call No.: S13.M4-- no.1992/7
Application of biotechnological methods of fertilizer wastes evaluation in ecological conditions of agricultural production. Uplatneni biotechnologickych postupu zhodnoceni hnojivych odpadu v ekologickych podminkach zemedelske vyroby.
Lobl, F. Praha : Ustav vedeckotechnickych informaci pro zemedelstvi, 1992. 39 p. : ill., Summary in English and Russian.

54.
NAL Call No.: 290.9- Am32P
Appropriate use of the wheel in sustainable agriculture developments.
Morrison, J. E. Jr. Pap-Am-Soc-Agric-Eng. St. Joseph, Mich. : American Society of Agricultural Engineers,. Summer 1991. (918002) 18 p.
Paper presented at the "1991 International Summer Meeting sponsored by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers," June 23-26, 1991, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Descriptors: sustainability; mechanization; wheels; developing-countries

55.
NAL Call No.: S451.P4P5
Are agricultural colleges adequate to meet the needs of sustainable agriculture.
Lacy, W. B. Proc-Phila-Soc-Promot-Agric p.118-129. (1992)
Meeting held April 2, 1992.
Descriptors: agricultural-colleges; sustainability; needs-assessment; usa

56.
NAL Call No.: SB317.5.H68
Are modern fruit production systems sustainable.
Merwin, I. A.; Pritts, M. P. HortTechnology v.3(2): p.128-136. (1993 Apr.-1993 June)
Includes references.
Descriptors: fruit-crops; crop-production; trends; sustainability; traditional-farming; family-farms; commercial- farming; resource-conservation; low-input-agriculture; farm- inputs; genetic-resources; profitability; productivity; alternative-farming

57.
NAL Call No.: 80- Ac82
Assessing low-cost input use in off-season tomato production.
Salem, A.; Mattas, K.; Grafiadellis, M. Acta- hortic (340): p.117-124. (1995 Jan.)
Paper presented at the XII International Symposium on Horticultural Economics / edited by J.-C. Montigaud, L.M. Albisu, U. Avermaete, L. Ekelund, D. Meijaard, and E. de Kleijn.
Descriptors: lycopersicon-esculentum; crop-production; vegetable-growing; greenhouse-culture; solar-heating; heating; heating-costs; greenhouses; diesel-oil; furnaces- ; winter; energy-consumption; returns; passive-solar-systems; passive- solar-heating

58.
NAL Call No.: S605.5.A43
Assessing the character of agricultural production systems: issues and implications.
Batie, S. S.; Taylor, D. B. Am-J-Alternative-Agric v.6(4): p.184-187. (1991)
Includes references.
Descriptors: alternative-farming; beliefs; technology; organic-farming; sustainability; conventional-agriculture; low- input-agriculture
Abstract: Alternative agriculture can be viewed as an alternative belief system to that underlying conventional agriculture. However, alternative agriculture can also be viewed from a technological perspective-that is; as a set of substitute technologies to conventional agriculture from which a farmer can selectively choose. Definitional distinctions between low-input, organic, sustainable, and conventional agriculture become important with this second perspective. Different policy and research implications are generated from these competing perspectives.

59.
NAL Call No.: S530.A4
Assessment of the adoption of sustainable agriculture practices: implications for agricultural education.
Alonge, A. J.; Martin, R. A. J-agric-educ v.36(3): p.34-42. (1995)
Includes references.
Descriptors: sustainability; farmers'-attitudes; innovation-adoption; demography; regression-analysis; farming- systems; profitability; iowa

60.
NAL Call No.: S631.F422
Assessment of the nitrogen requirements of maize (Zea mays L.) in Southern Guinea Savanna agroecology of Nigeria.
Agbede, O. O.; Ojanuga, A. G.; Ayotade, K. A.; Adepoju, A. Y. Fertil-res v.29(2): p.139-144. (1991 Aug.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: zea-mays; urea; calcium-ammonium-nitrate; nutrient-sources; application-rates; fertilizer-requirement- determination; nitrogen; crop-yield; grain; yield- components; site-factors; climatic-factors; edaphic-factors; nigeria; prilled-urea; granular-urea
Abstract: During the growing seasons (May to October) of 1987 and 1988 respectively five and four different rates of N were tested on maize (Zea mays L.) at 12 different field sites across the Southern Guinea Savanna of Nigeria. Nitrogen was applied through granular urea (size +14 mesh), ordinary prilled urea (-35 mesh) and calcium ammonium nitrate. Marked differences existed among experimental sites in maize grain yield response to N with Yelwa and Ta-Hoss in Plateau State having the highest response at 60 and 90 kg N ha(-1) respectively. During 1988, at five experimental sites the yield was maximized with 120 kg N ha(-1), while at three other sites the yield maximization occurred at 90 kg N ha(-1). During 1987, the corresponding number of sites was two and six with 120 and 90 kg N ha(-1) rates, respectively. Plant height and cob number exhibited a linear relationship with yield. Differences in yield in response to application of different N sources were non-significant.

61.
NAL Call No.: 57.9- F41
A balanced approach to sustainable agricultural production in Western Europe.
Farmer, J. A. Proc-Fert-Soc (348): p.1-20. (1993)
Includes references.
Descriptors: agricultural-production; sustainability; farming-systems; soil-management; crop-management; fertilizers; environmental-management; pollution-control; water-pollution; europe; nutrient-management

62.
NAL Call No.: S605.5.A43
Barriers to low-input agriculture adoption: a case study of Richmond County, Virginia.
Diebel, P. L.; Taylor, D. B.; Batie, S. S. Am-J-altern- agric. Greenbelt, MD : Henry A. Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture. 1993. v. 8 (3) p. 120-127.
Includes references.
Descriptors: low-input-agriculture; innovation- adoption; case-studies; organic-farming; economic-analysis; virginia; economic-barriers
Abstract: We coupled a nonlinear mathematical programming model with sensitivity analysis and evaluated some economic barriers to adoption of low-input agriculture by farmers in Richmond County, Virginia. Collection of primary data made the model more realistic. We analyzed potential barriers to adoption, including poultry litter price, yields, labor requirements, and variable input costs. We found the adoption of low-input practices to be sensitive to the price of poultry litter and relatively insensitive to yields, labor requirements, and variable costs. However, when several of these harriers are combined, the model predicts that farmers would use conventional practices. Therefore analysis of the farm as a system rather than practice by practice is important when identifying the effects of economic barriers.

63.
NAL Call No.: HD9225.A2V35- 1992
Basic formula to create community supported agriculture. Community supported agriculture.
Van En, R. Great Barrington, Mass., USA : R. Van En, [1992] 1 v. (unpaged) : ill., Cover title.
Descriptors: Vegetable-trade; Consumer-cooperatives; Agriculture,-Cooperative; Alternative-agriculture; Truck-farming

64.
NAL Call No.: S441.S855
Beginning farmer sustainable agriculture project.
Fraas, W. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE or Agriculture in Concert with the Environment ACE research projects. [1988-. 1993. 13 p.
SARE Project Number: LNC 93-59-(03124). Record includes 5 1/4 floppy disk. Grant Number was previously LWF-62-016(02917).
Descriptors: farm-families; sustainability; farm- income; non-farm-income; nebraska; iowa; utah; sustainable- farming-methods

65.
NAL Call No.: HD1476.U62N2-- 1994
Beginning Farmer Sustainable Agriculture Project : interim report (February 94) : a cooperative project between farm families, Center for Rural Affairs, Nebraska Sustainable Agriculture Society, [and] University of Nebraska.
Center for Rural Affairs. Hartington, NE : Center for Rural Affairs, [1994] 12 p. : ill., Cover title.
Descriptors: Family-farms-Nebraska; Sustainable- agriculture-Nebraska

66.
NAL Call No.: S605.5.B46-- 1992
Benefits of diversity : an incentive towards sustainable agriculture. Benefits of diversity : an incentive toward sustainable agriculture.
Elsakker, B. v.; Witte, R.; Mansvelt, J. D. v.; Environment and Natural Resources Group. New York : United Nations Development Programme, 1992. xvi, 209 p. : ill., Authors: Boudewijn van Elzakker, Rob Witte, Jan Diek van Mansvelt--P. 207.
Descriptors: Organic-farming-Case-studies; Sustainable- agriculture-Economic-aspects; Rural-development

67.
NAL Call No.: S441.B47-- 1994
A better row to hoe : the economic, environmental, and social impact of sustainable agriculture.
Northwest Area Foundation (U.S.). St. Paul, Minn. : Northwest Area Foundation, c1994. 39 p., Cover title.
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture-Economic-aspects- Northwestern-States; Sustainable-agriculture-Environmental- aspects-Northwestern-States; Sustainable- agriculture-Social- aspects-Northwestern-States

68.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.A65B49-- 1995
Beyond broadacres : Weekly times.
Knox, I. Ringwood, Vic. : Penguin Books Australia Ltd. ; New York, N.Y.: Viking Penguin, 1995. 144 p. : ill. (some col.), Includes bibliographical references (p. 144).
Descriptors: Alternative-agriculture-Australia; Farms,- Small-Australia; Farm-management-Australia

69.
NAL Call No.: 23- Au792
Biological farming for sustainable agricultural production.
Penfold, C. M.; Miyan, M. S.; Reeves, T. G.; Grierson, I. T. Aust-j-exp-agric v.35(7): p.849-856. (1995)
Includes references.
Descriptors: alternative-farming; organic-farming; crop-production; profitability; environmental-impact; sustainability; low-input-agriculture; farming-systems; farming- systems-research; australia; biodynamic-farming; integrated- farming; productivity

70.
NAL Call No.: TP248.14.N35- 1990
Biological nitrogen fixation technology potential for increased agricultural production with lower inputs.
Bohlool, B. B. Biotechnology in Kenya proceedings of the National Conference on Plant and Animal Biotechnology, held February 25-March 3, 1990 at Kenyatta International Conference Centre, Nairobi, Kenya / AM Mailu, JO Mugah. Nairobi : Initiatives Publishers 1991.. p. 41-50.
Includes references.
Descriptors: agricultural-production; nitrogen- fixation; biological-production; genetic-engineering; biotechnology

71.
NAL Call No.: S69.R47
Biotechnology, alternative agriculture and public agricultural research in Maine.
Anderson, M. W. Res-Maine-People-Agric-Exp-Stn-Univ-Maine. Orono, Maine : The Station. May 1988. v. 1 (4) 8 p.
Includes references.
Descriptors: sustainability; alternative-farming; biotechnology; genetic-engineering; genetic-improvement; research-policy; economic-impact; social-impact; farm- inputs

72.
NAL Call No.: BJ52.5.J68
Biotechnology is not compatible with sustainable agriculture.
Grouch, M. L. J-agric-environ-ethics v.8(2): p.98-111. (1995)
Includes references.
Descriptors: sustainability; food-production; subsistence-farming; biotechnology

73.
NAL Call No.: HD9014.L32T48-- 1995
Bittersweet harvests for global supermarkets : challenges in Latin America's agricultural export boom. Bitter sweet harvests for global supermarkets.
Thrupp, L. A.; Bergeron, G.; Waters, W. F. Washington, D.C., U.S.A. : World Resources Institute, 1995. xii, 202 p. : ill., map, Includes bibliographical references (p. 165- 202).
Descriptors: Produce-trade-Latin-America; Floriculture- Latin-America; Exports-Latin-America; Agriculture-and-state- Latin-America; Sustainable-agriculture-Latin- America; Agriculture-Economic-aspects-Latin-America

74.
NAL Call No.: HT401.J68
Bolivian farmers and alternative crops: some insights into innovation adoption.
Sturm, L. S.; Smith, F. J. J-rural-stud v.9(2): p.141-151. (1993 Apr.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: farmers'-attitudes; alternative-farming; crops; innovation-adoption; risk; profitability; decision-making; agricultural-regions; bolivia
Abstract: The Bolivian Institute for Agricultural Technology, with financial and technical backing from USAID/Bolivia, has recently intensified its efforts to develop and promote cropping systems to serve as alternatives to coca cultivation in the Chapare region of Bolivia. A study was conducted in which 85 farmers were visited and interviewed in order to identify problems faced by farmers of the Chapare, understand the farming practices of the region, and determine the attributes of the new crops that were contributing to their adoption or rejection. Interviews were conducted in an informal manner using an interview guide consisting primarily of open- ended questions. The results of this study indicate that the capital outlay required and the expected profitability, both economic and otherwise, are the attributes of the new crops which most strongly influenced farmers' initial adoption/rejection decisions. The major obstacle to innovation adoption in the Chapare seems to be new crops whose adoption presents unacceptably high levels of risk coupled with low anticipated profitability. Recommendations for the development of the alternative crops program and the Chapare region conclude the paper.

75.
NAL Call No.: HF5415.126.K57-- 1993
Box subscriptions in direct marketing of ecological farms. Kisten-Abonnements in der Direktvermarktung von Oko- Betrieben.
Bunge, T. Witzenhausen : Gesamthochschule Kassel, 1993. 132 p., Includes bibliographical references (p. 122-126).
Descriptors: Direct-marketing-Germany; Food-industry- and-trade-Germany

76.
NAL Call No.: SB249.N6
A brief overview of naturally colored and organically grown niche cottons: production, marketing, processing, retailing.
Apodaca, J. K. Proc-Beltwide-Cotton-Conf. Memphis, Tenn. : National Cotton Council of America, 1991-. 1993. v. 3 p. 1403-1407.
Meeting held January 10-14, 1993, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Descriptors: gossypium; color; organic-farming; crop- production; retail-marketing; processing; natural-fibers

77.
NAL Call No.: S544.3.N3C66
Briefing series on the 1995 farm bill: sustainable agriculture policy.
Englin, J.; Baker, J. Fact-sheet-Max-C-Fleischmann-Coll- Agric,-Coop-Ext-Serv. [Reno, Nev.] : The College,. 1994. (94- 59) 2 p.
Includes references.
Descriptors: agricultural-policy; sustainability; legislation; federal-programs; usa

78.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.S86B85- 1992
Building bridges : cooperative research and education for Iowa agriculture : Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture 1992 conference proceedings.
Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture. Ames, Iowa : The Center, c1992. iii, 115, 9 p. : ill., "Third annual Leopold Center conference, February 18-19, 1992, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa."
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture-Congresses; Sustainable-agriculture-Iowa-Congresses; Agriculture-Research- Iowa-Congresses; Agriculture-and-state-United- States-Congresses

79.
NAL Call No.: S1.N32
Building on berries.
Bowman, G. New-farm v.15(7): p.40-42, 59. (1993 Nov.-1993 Dec.)
Descriptors: small-fruits; crop-enterprises; organic- farming; marketing; missouri

80.
NAL Call No.: HM208.E5
Building the case for sustainable agriculture: policy lessons from India, Chile, and the Philippines.
Faeth, P. Environment v.36(1): p.16-39, 45. (1994 Jan.-1994 Feb.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: sustainability; environmental-impact; water-use; case-studies; cropping-systems; erosion; pesticides; environmental-policy; india; chile; philippines

81.
NAL Call No.: SB950.2.A1J58
California strawberries: pesticides used and their alternatives.
Baker, B. J-pestic-reform v.13(3): p.24-28. (1993 Fall)
Includes references.
Descriptors: fragaria; pesticide-residues; methyl- bromide; fumigation; soil-sterilization; organic-farming; crop- production; plant-diseases; arthropod-pests; weed-control; costs; returns; california

82.
NAL Call No.: S605.5.A43
Can agricultural colleges meet the needs of sustainableagriculture.
Lacy, W. B. Am-J-altern-agric. Greenbelt, MD : Henry A. Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture. 1993. v. 8 (1) p. 40-45.
Includes references.
Descriptors: agricultural-colleges; sustainability; agricultural-education; extension; biotechnology
Abstract: As concern about the long-term viability of our food and fiber system has grown, many agricultural research administrators, prominent scientists and policymakers have focused increasing attention on the important research and educational needs in sustainable agriculture. Colleges of agriculture should be important in meeting the challenges of sustainable agriculture; a central question is whether they are adequate for the task. This paper highlights several individual and institutional constraints that limit the ability of these colleges to address the needs: 1) assumptions and biases regarding the relationship between humans and nature, and the concept of progress, 2) the demographic characteristics, education, and experience of research scientists, 3) the specialized departmental organization of research institutions; 4) imbalances among analyses on the molecular, cell, organism and ecosystem levels; 5) emphasis on farm level analysis and technology development; 6) new agricultural biotechnologies that may overemphasize short-term, narrow technical considerations and proprietary products; 7) compartmentalization of education by discipline, and the limited informal and field experiences for students; 8) the background and education of current Extension Service agents, 9) the emphasis on economic effects in research impact assessments, to the neglect of environmental effects and social consequences for farmers, rural communities and society at large; 10) limited capability for comprehensive public policy analysis. Despite these limitations, new research agendas and college programs are effectively addressing many needs of sustainable agriculture systems. To be more successful, these efforts must be broad-based and sensitive to a wide range of issues, and must include all participants in the system.

83.
NAL Call No.: 470- SCI2
Can sustainable farming win the battle of the bottom line.
Holmes, B. Science v.260(5116): p.1893-1895. (1993 June)
Includes references.
Descriptors: alternative-farming; sustainability; agricultural-economics

84.
NAL Call No.: 290.9- Am32P
Can we afford sustainable agriculture.
Waddington, R. Pap-Am-Soc-Agric-Eng. St. Joseph, Mich. : American Society of Agricultural Engineers,. Winter 1992. (928507) 13 p.
Paper presented at the "1992 International Winter Meeting sponsored by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers," December 15-18, 1992, Nashville, Tennessee.
Descriptors: sustainability; pilot-projects; environmental-protection; resource-conservation

85.
NAL Call No.: 1- Ag84y
Candor, NY: alternative farming, alternative place.
Knight, A. R. Yearb-agric. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., [1980-. 1990. p. 24-27.
In the series analytic: Americans in agriculture: portraits of diversity / edited by D. Smith.
Descriptors: alternative-farming; farm-enterprises; usa

86.
NAL Call No.: S605.5.B5
Case studies on nitrate leaching in arable fields of organic farms.
Scheller, E.; Vogtmann, H. Biol-agric-hortic v.11(1/4): p.91-102. (1995)
Paper presented at a workshop on Nitrate Leaching in Ecological Agriculture held October 1993, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Descriptors: organic-farming; arable-soils; nitrate; leaching; soil-organic-matter; nitrogen; mineralization; immobilization; crop-residues; nutrient-uptake; crop- management; nitrate-nitrogen; losses-from-soil; nitrogen-content; seasonal- fluctuations; nitrogen-cycle; case-studies; germany; nitrate- dynamics; nitrogen-management

87.
NAL Call No.: S605.5.A43
Cereal and wool production in the Esperance Sandplain area of Western Australia: The need for a systems approach for sustainable agriculture.
Fulton, M. Am-J-altern-agric. Greenbelt, MD : Henry A. Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture. 1993. v. 8 (2) p. 85-90.
Includes references.
Descriptors: cereals; crop-production; wool-production; systems-approach; sustainability; structural-change; western- australia
Abstract: The problems facing farmers in the Esperance Sandplain region of Western Australia--salinity, herbicide resistance, wind erosion, and plant disease--are highly interrelated. Unless the biological, economic and social aspects of the problems are examined in an integrated way, no sustainable system will be found. Similarly, agricultural teaching and research must become much more integrated if they are to address agricultural and environmental problems satisfactorily. This will require changes in the structure of university and research institutions and in the rewards for research and teaching.

88.
NAL Call No.: BJ52.5.J68
Clarifying the definition of sustainable agriculture.
Lehman, H.; Clark, E. A.; Weise, S. F. J-agric-environ- ethics v.6(2): p.127-143. (1993)
Includes references.
Descriptors: sustainability; economic-viability; ecology; integrated-systems; farming-systems

89.
NAL Call No.: 80- Ac82
Closed growing systems for more efficient and environmental friendly production.
Os, E. A. v. Acta-hortic (361): p.194-208. (1994 June)
Paper presented at the International Symposium on New Cultivation Systems in Greenhouse held April 26-30, 1993, Cagliari, Italy.
Descriptors: soilless-culture; greenhouse-crops; growing-media; greenhouse-culture; sustainability; low-input- agriculture; closed-systems

90.
NAL Call No.: SB950.2.A1J58
Collecting information about red raspberry production: a farmer-based project.
Bane, G. J-pestic-reform v.13(1): p.2-4. (1993 Spring)
Includes references.
Descriptors: rubus-idaeus; farm-surveys; farmers'- attitudes; alternative-farming; low-input-agriculture; sustainability; integrated-pest-management; pesticides; washington

91.
NAL Call No.: TD796.5.C58
Combining legumes and compost: a viable alternative for farmers in conversion to organic agriculture.
Astier, M.; Gersper, P. L.; Buchanan, M. Compost-sci- util v.2(1): p.80-87. (1994 Winter)
Includes references.
Descriptors: brassica-oleracea-var; -italica; organic- farming; conversion; poultry-manure; legumes; composts; ammonium- sulfate; crop-yield; california

92.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.S86G84- 1992
Common harvest : an alternative food and agriculture resource directory. 2nd ed.
Guenthner, D.; Bonlender, R.; Kulisheck, D. Minneapolis, Minn. : Food Action Network, Inc., [1992] vii, 150 p. : ill., "December 1992."
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture-Directories; Organic-gardening-Directories; Community-gardening-Directories

93.
NAL Call No.: 57.9- F41
Communicating the principles of sustainable agriculture to the farmer.
Thevenet, G.; Lescar, L.; Archer, J. R. Proc-Fert- Soc (347): p.1-24. (1993)
Descriptors: sustainability; agricultural-production; environmental-management; diffusion-of-information; environmental-protection; pollution-control; point-sources; integrated-systems; farming-systems; code-of-practice; committees; fertilizers; france; england; wales; nonpoint- sources; codes-of-good-agricultural-practice; committee-for-the- reduction-of-water-pollution-by-nitrates; corpen

94.
NAL Call No.: HD3271.S87- 1992
Community supported agriculture in Massachusetts : status, benefits, and barriers.
Suput, D. [S.l. : Tufts University, 1992] 88 p. : ill., Cover title.
Descriptors: Agriculture,-Cooperative-Massachusetts; Sustainable-agriculture-Massachusetts

95.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.S86C67- 1993
Compact International Agricultural Research Library (CIARL) Basic Retrospective Set (BRS) : 1962-1986. CIARL BRS.
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. Washington, D.C. : The Group ; Mountain View, CA : Knowledge Access International, [1993] 17 computer laser optical disks A-Z reference guide + tutorial guide.
A-Z reference guide in English, Spanish, and French.
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture-Data-bases; Sustainable-agriculture-Economic-aspects-Data-bases; Poor- Nutrition-Data-bases
Abstract: Agricultural research aimed at increasing sustainable food production in such a way that the nutritional level and general economic well-being of low- income people are improved.

96.
NAL Call No.: S441.S855
Comparative economic and ecological analysis of lower chemical input fruit farms and other fruit farming systems.
Dickinson, J. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE or Agriculture in Concert with the Environment ACE research projects. [1988-. 1993. [7] 17 p.
SARE Project Number: LNC 91-37. Record includes 3 1/2 inch floppy disk. Reporting period for the report is September 1992 to August 31, 1993.
Descriptors: small-fruits; vegetables; farming; organic-farming; low-input-agriculture; sustainability; crop- yield; economic-analysis; variable-costs; demonstration-farms; farming-systems-research; ohio; wisconsin; conventional-farming; integrated-farming

97.
NAL Call No.: HD1920.5.Z8E32- 1992
The comparative effectiveness of discharge and input control for reducing nitrate pollution.
Pan, J. EC agricultural policy by the end of the century proceedings of the 28th Seminar of the European Association of Agricultural Economists, September 10-12, 1992, Lisbon, Portugal / European Association of Agricultural Economists Symposium p.479-493. (1993)
Includes references.
Descriptors: nitrate-fertilizers; groundwater- pollution; economic-impact; case-studies; cost-effectiveness- analysis; pollution-control; european-communities; farm-inputs; europe; england

98.
NAL Call No.: S441.S855
Comparative performance and farm-level function of conventional and certified organic apple production systems in California.
Swezey, S. L. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE or Agriculture in Concert with the Environment ACE research projects. [1988-. 1992. 33 p.
SARE Project Number: AW92-9. Record includes 3.5 floppy disk and appendices.
Descriptors: malus-pumila; organic-farming; crop- production; cover-crops; soil-fertility; cydia-pomonella; mating- disruption; biological-control; insect-control; low-input- agriculture; sustainability; california; sustainable-farm- practices

99.
NAL Call No.: SB610.2.B74
A comparative perspective on the economic performance of organic and conventional farming systems in Great Britain.
Murphy, M. Brighton-Crop-Prot-Conf-Weeds. Surrey : BCPC Registered Office. 1991. v. 2 p. 763-774.
Conference held November 18-21, 1991, Brighton, England.
Descriptors: organic-farming; agricultural-economics; crop-production; great-britain

100.
NAL Call No.: SB317.5.H68
Comparing integrated pest management and protectant stategies for control of apple scab and codling moth in an Iowa apple orchard.
Gleason, M. L.; Ali, M. K.; Domoto, P. A.; Lewis, D. R.; Duffy, M. D. HortTechnology v.4(2): p.136-141. (1994 Apr.-1994 June)
Includes references.
Descriptors: malus-pumila; integrated-pest-management; plant-disease-control; venturia-inaequalis; insect-control; cydia-pomonella; orchards; integrated-control; cost- benefit- analysis; chemical-control; low-input-agriculture; insecticides; fungicides; iowa

101.
NAL Call No.: S605.5.B5
Comparisions of nitrogen leaching in ecological and conventional cropping systems.
Eltun, R. Biol-agric-hortic v.11(1/4): p.103-114. (1995)
Paper presented at a workshop on Nitrate Leaching in Ecological Agriculture held October 1993, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Descriptors: cash-crops; fodder-crops; cropping- systems; alternative-farming; nitrogen-fertilizers; liquid- manures; tillage; plant-protection; comparisons; nitrate; ammonium; nitrogen; leaching; runoff; losses-from-soil; seasonal- fluctuations; farming-systems-research; sustainability; norway; ecological-farming; conventional-farming; cropping-system- research

102.
NAL Call No.: 23- Au792
A comparison of air-shear and electrostatic spray technology with a conventional air-blast sprayer to thin apples.
Oakford, M. J.; Jones, K. M.; Bound, S. A.; O'Reilly, L. Aust-j-exp-agric v.34(5): p.669-672. (1994)
Includes references.
Descriptors: malus-pumila; thinning; high-volume- spraying; controlled-droplet-application; ethephon; carbaryl; thiram; fruits; size; crop-yield; low-input-agriculture; tasmania; hand-thinning

103.
NAL Call No.: S605.5.C59- 1975
A Comparison of the production, economic returns, and energy-intensiveness of corn belt farms that do and do not use inorganic fertilizers and pesticides.
Lockeretz, W.; Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo. C. f. t. B. o. N. S. St. Louis, Mo. : Center for the Biology of Natural Systems, 1975. 62 p., "CBNS-AE-4."
Descriptors: Organic-farming; Crop-yields

104.
NAL Call No.: HT401.R47
Competing paradigms: an overview and analysis of the alternative-conventional agriculture debate.
Beus, C. E. Res-rural-sociol-dev. Greenwich, Conn. : JAI Press Inc., c1984-. 1995. v. 6 p. 23-50.
In the series analytic: Sustaining agriculture and rural communities / edited by H.K. Schwarzweller and T.A. Lyson.
Descriptors: agricultural-sector; beliefs; values; models; comparisons; sustainability; alternative-farming; productivity; efficiency; usa

105.
NAL Call No.: SB610.W39
Competitive abilities of six corn (Zea mays L.) hybrids with four weed control practices.
Ford, G. T.; Mt Pleasnt, J. Weed-technol v.8(1): p.124-128. (1994 Jan.-1994 Mar.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: zea-mays; hybrids; competitive-ability; weed-control; chemical-control; cultural-weed-control; tillage; band-placement; broadcasting; crop-weed- competition; low-input- agriculture; agronomic-characteristics; crop-yield; grain; growth-rate

106.
NAL Call No.: SB317.5.H68
Components of sustainable production systems for vegetables--conserving soil moisture.
Morse, R. D. HortTechnology v.3(2): p.211-214. (1993 Apr.-1993 June)
Includes references.
Descriptors: brassica-oleracea-var; -capitata; vegetables; crop-production; sustainability; soil-water-content; erosion; conservation-tillage; no-tillage; tillage; mulching; alternative-farming; water-use-efficiency; rain; dry-conditions; conventional-tillage; strip-tillage

107.
NAL Call No.: S539.5.J68
A comprehensive approach to sustainable agriculture: W. K. Kellogg's integrated farming systems initiative.
Hesterman, O. B.; Thorburn, T. L. J-prod-agric v.7(1): p.132-134. (1994 Jan.-1994 Mar.)
Paper presented at the symposium "Farming systems options for U.S. agriculture," 1992, Menneapolis, Minnesota.
Descriptors: farming-systems; sustainability; integrated-systems; programs; usa

108.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.S86S8
Conservation farming as an alternative to shifting cultivation in Sri Lanka: an economic evaluation.
Agalawtte, M. B.; Abeygunawardena, P. J-sustain- agric v.4(2): p.65-79. (1993)
Includes references.
Descriptors: alternative-farming; shifting-cultivation; comparisons; cost-benefit-analysis; profitability; sustainability; sri-lanka

109.
NAL Call No.: S589.7.E57- 1994
Conservation tillage a sustainable agricultural practice.
Lakshminarayan, P. G.; Bouzaher, A.; Johnson, S. R. Environmentally sound agriculture proceedings of the second conference 20-22 April 1994 / p.139-146. (1994)
Includes references.
Descriptors: zea-mays; glycine-max; continuous- cropping; rotations; conservation-tillage; tillage; environmental-impact; sustainability; erosion; erosion-control; nitrate- nitrogen; losses-from-soil; leaching; runoff; water- quality; simulation-models; statistical-analysis; conventional- tillage; metamodels

110.
NAL Call No.: S604.5.E65-- 1995
Conserving land : population and sustainable food production.
Engelman, R.; LeRoy, P.; Population Action International. Population and Environment Program. Washington, D.C. : Population Action International, Population and Environment Program, 1995. 48 p. : col. ill., Includes bibliographical references (p. 47-48).
Descriptors: Agricultural-conservation; Sustainable- agriculture; Land-use; Population; Food-supply

111.
NAL Call No.: S599.A1K73-- 1990
Continuous and cyclical farming strategies for soil management for sustainable agriculture.
Krautkraemer, J. A.; Resources for the Future. Energy and Natural Resources Division. Washington, D.C. : Energy and Natural Resources Division, Resources for the Future, c1990. 27, 12 p. : ill., Bibliography: p. 26-27.
Descriptors: Soil-management-United-States; Agriculture-Economic-aspects-United-States

112.
NAL Call No.: QH540.E23
Contrasting the tolerance of wild and domesticated tomatoes to herbivory: agroecological implications.
Welter, S. C.; Steggall, J. W. Ecol-Appl v.3(2): p.271-278. (1993 May)
Includes references.
Descriptors: lycopersicon-esculentum; wild-plants; herbivores; defoliation; insect-pests; crop-yield; fruits; domestication; life-history; tolerance; genotypes; dry- matter- distribution; photosynthesis; crop-growth-stage

113.
NAL Call No.: 100- C12Cag
Conventional, low-input and organic farming systems compared.
Temple, S. R.; Somasco, O. A.; Kirk, M.; Friedman, D. Calif-agric v.48(5): p.14-19. (1994 Sept.-1994 Oct.)
Descriptors: cash-crops; farming-systems; sustainability; organic-farming; cover-crops; rotation; double- cropping; nitrogen-fixation; soil-fertility; pest-control; application-date; crop-yield; california

114.
NAL Call No.: 80- Ac82
Conventions on quality in the fruit and vegetables sector: results on the organic sector.
Sylvander, B. Acta-hortic (340): p.241-246. (1995 Jan.)
Paper presented at the XII International Symposium on Horticultural Economics / edited by J.-C Montigaud, L.M. Albisu, U. Avermaete, L. Ekelund, D. Meijaard, and E. de Kleijn.
Descriptors: organic-farming; organic-culture; fruit- growing; vegetable-growing; fruit; vegetables; domestic- consumption; retail-prices; price-policy; food-consumption; returns; gross-margins

115.
NAL Call No.: S605.5.C85- 1984
Conversion project progress report 1981- 1983.
Culik, M. N.; Liebhardt, W. C.; Rodale Research Center. Agronomy Dept. [Kutztown, Pa.] : Rodale Press, c1984. 46 p. : ill., "Agronomy Department, Rodale Research Center."
Descriptors: Organic-farming; Soil-productivity; Crop- yields

116.
NAL Call No.: S605.5.W96-- 1992
Conversion to organic agriculture in Australia : problems and possibilities in the cereal-livestock industry.
Wynen, E.; National Association for Sustainable Agriculture (Australia). Sydney : National Association for Sustainable Agriculture (Australia), [1992] 139 p., "June 1992."
Descriptors: Organic-farming-Economic-aspects- Australia; Organic-farming-Economic-aspects-Australia-Case- studies; Grain-Economic-aspects-Australia; Livestock- Economic- aspects-Australia

117.
NAL Call No.: S605.5.B5
Conversion towards organic agriculture in Russia: a preliminary study.
Buys, J. Biol-agric-hortic v.10(2): p.125-140. (1993)
Includes references.
Descriptors: kolkhozy; sovkhozy; conversion; projects; organic-farming; farming-systems; agricultural-production; crop- yield; low-input-agriculture; farm-structure; sustainability; russia

118.
NAL Call No.: S544.3.N7S3
Cornell officials reject lowering standards to cut pesticide use.
Holder, W. St-Lawrence-Cty-Agric-News. Canton, N.Y. : Agricultural Division, St. Lawrence County Cooperative Extension Association. Sept 1992. v. 76 (9) p. 11.
Descriptors: pesticide-residues; standards; consumer- attitudes; agricultural-education

119.
NAL Call No.: HD69.P6B46- 1993
Corporate realities and environmental truths : strategies for leading your business in the environmental era. Corporate realities & environmental truths.
Bennett, S. J. 1.; Freierman, R.; George, S. 1. New York : J. Wiley, 1993. viii, 232 p. : ill., Title on spine: Corporate realities & environmental truths.
Descriptors: Pollution-Economic-aspects-United-States; Strategic-planning-Environmental-aspects-United-States; Green- marketing-United-States; Green-movement- United-States-Case- studies; United-States-Industries-Environmental-aspects

120.
NAL Call No.: TD365.C54- 1995
Costs and returns of alternative farming systems in Missouri MSEA project.
Prato, T.; Xu, F.; Wu, X. S.; Ma, J. C. Clean water, clean environment, 21st century team agriculture, working to protect water resources conference proceedings, March 5-8, 1995, Kansas City, Missouri /. St. Joseph, Mich. : ASAE, c1995.. v. 3 p. 207-210.
Includes references.
Descriptors: zea-mays; glycine-max; triticum-aestivum; sorghum-bicolor; rotations; no-tillage; nitrogen-fertilizers; pesticides; application-rates; low-input-agriculture; profitability; returns; profits; production-costs; pilot-farms; research-projects; missouri; management-systems-evaluation-areas

121.
NAL Call No.: 80- Ac82
Costs of flame cultivation.
Nemming, A. Acta-hortic (372): p.205-212. (1994 Aug.)
Paper presented at the Symposium on Engineering as a Tool to Reduce Pesticide Consumption and Operator Hazards in Horticulture, August 10-12, 1993, Ulvik, Norway.
Descriptors: flame-cultivators; weed-control; organic- farming; costs; profitability; rowcrops; denmark

122.
NAL Call No.: S441.S855
Cover crop integration into conservation production systems for cotton and sorghum.
Dabney, S. M. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE or Agriculture in Concert with the Environment ACE research projects. [1988-. 1993. 11 p.
SARE Project Number: LS93-55. Record Includes 3 1/2 Flop py Disk.
Descriptors: gossypium; sorghum; cover-crops; winter; vigor; maturity-stage; crop-management; no-tillage; weed-control; crop-weed-competition; low-input- agriculture; sustainability; alabama; arkansas; georgia; mississippi; tennessee

123.
NAL Call No.: SB1.H6
Cover crops, nitrogen cycling, and soil properties in semi-irrigated vegetable production systems.
Shennan, C. HortScience v.27(7): p.749-754. (1992 July)
Paper presented at the "Colloquium on Sustainable Vegetable Production, held at the 88th American Society of Horticultural Science Annual Meeting, July 22, 1991, University Park, Pennsylvania.
Descriptors: vegetables; crop-production; alternative- farming; irrigated-conditions; cover-crops; nitrogen-cycle; productivity; soil-fertility; soil-properties; leaching; sustainability

124.
NAL Call No.: 389.79- C81
Cows, crops, and cash: making dairy farms sustainable.
Fox, D. G.; Klausner, S. D.; Tylutki, T. P.; Hanchar, J. J. Proc-Cornell-Nutr-Conf-Feed-Manuf p.47-55. (1994)
56th meeting held October 18-20, 1994, Rochester, New York.
Descriptors: crop-management; nutrient-content; farm- management; animal-nutrition; nutrient-availability; manures; economic-impact; new-york

125.
NAL Call No.: HD9007.M6C74- 1992
Creating a sustainable food system : pioneers tell their story. Pioneers tell their story.
Klein, M.; Minnesota Food Association. Marketing Information Service. St. Paul, MN : Marketing Information Services, Minnesota Food Association, 1992. 87 p. : ill., map, Running title: Pioneers tell their story.
Descriptors: Farm-produce-Minnesota-Marketing; Organic- farming-Minnesota; Farmers-Minnesota-Interviews; Sustainable- agriculture-Minnesota

126.
NAL Call No.: SB950.A2C76-- 1993
Crop protection and sustainable agriculture.
Chadwick, D.; Marsh, J.; Ciba Foundation. Chichester ; New York : Wiley, 1993. x, 285 p. : ill., maps, Editors: Derek J. Chadwick (organizer) and Joan Marsh.
Descriptors: Plants,-Protection-of-Congresses; Sustainable-agriculture-Congresses; Food-supply-Congresses

127.
NAL Call No.: SB950.3.D44C76- 1993
Crop protection strategies for subsistence farmers.
Altieri, M. A. Boulder : Westview Press ; London : IT Publictions, 1993. ix, 197 p. : ill., map, Includes bibliographical references and index.
Descriptors: Plants,-Protection-of-Developing- countries; Agricultural-pests-Control-Developing-countries; Alternative-agriculture-Developing-countries; Farms,-Small- Developing-countries

128.
NAL Call No.: DISS-- F1991269
Crop residue management as an integral component of sustainable crop production.
Ford, P. B. 1. 1991. ix, 164 leaves : ill., Directed by W.L. Hargrove.
Descriptors: Crop-residue-management-Southern-States; Sustainable-agriculture-Southern-States

129.
NAL Call No.: 23- Au792
Cropping practices in the Victorian Mallee. 1. Effect of direct drilling and stubble retention on the water economy and yield of wheat.
Incerti, M.; Sale, P. W. G.; O'Leary, G. J. Aust-j-exp- agric v.33(7): p.877-883. (1993)
Includes references.
Descriptors: triticum-aestivum; direct-sowing; no- tillage; fallow; herbicides; weed-control; chemical-control; tillage; stubble-cultivation; soil-water; availability; crop- yield; low-input-agriculture; mallee; victoria; chemical-fallow

130.
NAL Call No.: HD1775.I6I5
Cropping systems research--July 1993.
Ewbank, M.; Dobbins, C.; Mengel, D. Stn-bull. West Lafayette, Ind. : Ind. Dept. of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Experiment Station, Purdue University. July 1993. (667) 32 p.
Descriptors: alternative-farming; farming-systems- research; rotations; cropping-systems

131.
NAL Call No.: S441.S8557
CROPS, the crop rotation planning system, for whole- farm environmental and economic planning.
Stone, N. D. Agriculture in Concert with the Environment ACE research projects Southern Region. [1991-. 1995. 40 p.
SARE Project Number AS92-4. Record includes floppy disk. Record includes several articles on project. Date of report is May 1995. This is a final report.
Descriptors: alternative-farming; sustainability; crop- management; animal-wastes; management; economic-evaluation; computer-software; farm-planning; virginia; north-carolina; sustainable-farming-practices

132.
NAL Call No.: HD1491.A3C82- 1991
CSA's community supported agriculture : an alternative enterprise guidebook.
Harlem Valley Planning Partnership. [Fairfield, Vt. : The Associates, 1991] 21 p., Cover title.
Descriptors: Agriculture,-Cooperative-Guidebooks; Agriculture-Economic-aspects-Guidebooks; Farm-management- Guidebooks

133.
NAL Call No.: HD1401.G532
Cultural practices and sample costs for organic vegetable production on the Central Coast of California.
Klonsky, K.; Tourte, L.; Chaney, D.; Livingston, P.; Smith, R. Giannini-Found-inf-ser. Davis, Calif. : Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics. Mar 1994. (94-2) 87 p.
Includes references.
Descriptors: vegetables; organic-farming; farm- management; soil-management; pest-management; rotations; cover- crops; harvesting; packing; agricultural-regions; california

134.
NAL Call No.: 64.9- Am3
Decision support systems for sustainable agriculture.
Jones, J. W.; Bowen, W. T.; Boggess, W. G.; Ritchie, J. T. ASA-spec-publ (56): p.123-138. (1993)
In the series analytic: Technologies for sustainable agriculture in the tropics / edited by J. Ragland and R. Lal.
Descriptors: sustainability; agricultural-production; decision-making; information-systems; design; databases; simulation-models; crop-models; soil-models

135.
NAL Call No.: HD1765.D47-- 1994
Designing green support programs.
Lynch, S. Greenbelt, Md. : Henry A. Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture, [1994] 119 p. : ill., maps, Cover title.
Descriptors: Agricultural-price-supports-United-States; Agriculture-and-state-United-States; Agriculture-Economic- aspects-United-States; Agriculture-Environmental- aspects- Government-policy-United-States; Sustainable-agriculture- Government-policy-United-States

136.
NAL Call No.: S589.7.E57- 1994
Designs for windbreaks and vegetative filterstrips that increase wildlife habitat and provide income.
Miller, B. K.; Moser, B. C.; Johnson, K. D.; Swihart, R. K. Environmentally sound agriculture proceedings of the second conference 20-22 April 1994 / p.567-574. (1994)
Includes references.
Descriptors: alternative-farming; windbreaks; soil- conservation; structures; design; erosion-control; income; economic-evaluation; wildlife; habitats; indiana

137.
NAL Call No.: QH442.G456
Developing sustainable agriculture production systems for 21st century.
Genet-eng-news v.15(13): p.22. (1995 July)
Descriptors: low-input-agriculture; sustainability; agricultural-research

138.
NAL Call No.: 442.8- An72
Development of a low input system for growing wheat (Triticum vulgare) in a permanent understorey of white clover (Trifolium repens.).
Jones, L.; Clements, R. O. Ann-appl-biol v.123(1): p.109-119. (1993 Aug.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: triticum; trifolium-repens; understory; low-input-agriculture; nitrogen; nutrient-availability; ammonium- nitrate; application-rates; crop-density; sowing-date; yield- components; uk; cereal; clover-bi-cropping-systems

139.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.I47J68
Development of an information network for sustainable agriculture.
Auburn, J. S.; MacLean, J. T. J-agric-food-inf v.1(3): p.25-40. (1993)
Includes references.
Descriptors: sustainability; diffusion-of-information; usda; federal-programs; program-development; technology-transfer; sustainable-agriculture-research-and-education-program

140.
NAL Call No.: S441.S8552
Development of cropping systems for nematode management on agronomic and horticultural crops.
Dickson, D. W. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE research projects Southern Region. [1988-. 1995. 84 p.
SARE Project Number: LS92-46 (formerly under ENY-03239). Record includes floppy disk and publications. Date of report is September 25, 1995. This is a final report.
Descriptors: meloidogyne-arenaria; plant-parasitic- nematodes; crops; cropping-systems; population-density; crop- yield; nematode-control; cultural-control; sustainability; low- input-agriculture; florida; alabama

141.
NAL Call No.: 80- Ac82
Development of environmentally justified production systems and methods in Dutch horticulture.
Ammerlan, J. C. J. Acta-hortic (340): p.103-110. (1995 Jan.)
Paper presented at the XII International Symposium on Horticultural Economics / edited by J.-C. Montigaud, L.M. Albisu, U. Avermaete, L. Ekelund, D. Meijaard, and E. de Kleijn.
Descriptors: horticulture; greenhouse-culture; crop- production; greenhouse-crops; pollution-control; low-input- agriculture; applied-research; agricultural-research; research- institutes; experimental-stations; netherlands

142.
NAL Call No.: 80- Ac82
Development of IFP systems for apple: survey of three years research.
Schenk, A. M. E. Acta-hortic. Wageningen : International Society for Horticultural Science. Oct 1993. v. 347 p. 33- 40.
Paper presented at the, "Second International Symposium on Integrated Fruit Production", August 24-28, 1992, Veldhoven, Netherlands.
Descriptors: malus-pumila; cultivars; integrated- control; farming-systems-research; fungal-diseases; fungicides; arthropod-pests; acaricides; insecticides; growth- regulators; crop-production; low-input-agriculture; netherlands; integrated- fruit-production

143.
NAL Call No.: S441.S855
Development of methods toward sustainable apple and poultry production.
Gage, S. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE or Agriculture in Concert with the Environment ACE research projects. [1988-. 1993. [15] 44 p.
SARE Project Number: ANC92-14. Record includes appendices. Reporting period for this report is September 1992 to November 1993.
Descriptors: solanum-tuberosum; malus-pumila; intercropping; chickens; geese; biological-control-agents; insect-pests; weeds; biological-control; insect-control; weed- control; mulching; crop-yield; consumer-education; newsletters; low-input-agriculture; sustainability; michigan; free-range- chickens; free-range-geese

144.
NAL Call No.: S441.S855
Development of sustainable cropping systems for New York cash crop producers.
Cox, W. J. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE or Agriculture in Concert with the Environment ACE research projects. [1988-. 1992. 24 p.
SARE Project Number: ANE 92.8. Record includes 5 1/4 floppy disk.
Descriptors: cash-crops; zea-mays; glycine-max; triticum-aestivum; trifolium; avena-sativa; brassica; cropping- systems; profitability; sustainability; low-input- agriculture; demonstration-farms; new-york

145.
NAL Call No.: S441.S855
Development of sustainable potato production systems for the Pacific Northwest.
Stark, J. C. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE or Agriculture in Concert with the Environment ACE research projects. [1988-. 1991. 36 p.
SARE Project Number: LW-91-20. Record includes 5 1/4 floppy disk and several articles on project.
Descriptors: solanum-tuberosum; rotations; cover-crops; insecticides; transgenic-plants; bacillus-thuringiensis; beneficial-insects; plant-diseases; plant-disease-control; plant- parasitic-nematodes; nitrogen-balance; nitrogen-fertilizers; sustainability; low-input-agriculture; crop-yield; crop-quality; weed-control; idaho; washington; biological-insecticide

146.
NAL Call No.: QH301.A76
Differential weed suppression and weed control in winter wheat.
Christensen, S.; Rasmussen, G.; Olesen, J. E. Asp-appl- biol (40,pt.2): p.335-342. (1994)
In the series analytic: Arable farming under CAP reform / edited by J. Clarke, A. Lane, A. Mitchell, M. Ramans and P. Ryan.
Descriptors: winter-wheat; triticum-aestivum; weeds; weed-control; chemical-control; herbicides; cultivars; crop- density; sowing-date; sowing-rates; yield-losses; varieties; low-input-agriculture; cultural-weed-control

147.
NAL Call No.: S494.S68D57-- 1990
Directing oil overcharge funds for sustainable agriculture : state case study : Wisconsin Sustainable Agriculture Demonstration Program.
Americans for Safe Food (Project). Washington, DC : Americans for Safe Food, Center for Science in the Public Interest, [1990?]. 1 v. (various pagings) : ill., Cover title.
Descriptors: Sustainable-Agriculture-Demonstration- Program-Wis; Sustainable-agriculture-Wisconsin

148.
NAL Call No.: S451.O3D57- 1991
A Directory of farmers' innovations in Ohio : a farmer- to-farmer networking tool.
Enshayan, K.; Stinner, D.; Stinner, B. R.; George Gund Foundation. Columbus, Ohio : Sustainable Agriculture Program, Ohio State University, Dept. of Entomology, [1991] i, 32 p. : map, "June 1991."
Descriptors: Farm-management-Ohio-Directories; Alternative-agriculture-Ohio-Directories; Sustainable- agriculture-Ohio-Directories

149.
NAL Call No.: 100- C12Cag
Disease, insect pressures make organic production risky in Sonoma County.
Vossen, P.; Jolly, D.; Meyer, R.; Varela, L.; Blodgett, S. Calif-agric v.48(6): p.29-36. (1994 Nov.-1994 Dec.)
Descriptors: malus-pumila; organic-farming; soil- fertility; thinning; pest-management; pheromones; mating- disruption; crop-yield; cydia-pomonella; plant-nutrition; costs; economic-viability; california

150.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.S86M66- 1992
Diversity, farmer knowledge, and sustainability. Farmer knowledge.
Moock, J. L.; Rhoades, R. E. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1992. xii, 278 p. : ill., maps, Includes bibliographical references and index.
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture-Congresses; Agricultural-diversification-Congresses; Agriculture-Research- Congresses; Agricultural-systems-Congresses; Agriculture- Technology-transfer-Congresses

151.
NAL Call No.: 448.8- J824
Dr. Stoll's wormy world revisited: the neglected animal diseases.
Murrell, K. D. J-parasitol v.80(2): p.174-188. (1994 Apr.)
Presidential address presented at the 68th Annual Meeting, American Society of Parasitologists, Nov. 3, 1993, Atlanta, Georgia.
Descriptors: livestock; parasitoses; public-health; nutrition; food-production; low-input-agriculture; sustainability; pest-control; development-aid

152.
NAL Call No.: 80- Ac82
Ecological aspects of integrated crop production (IP) in Switzerland.
Gysi, C. Acta-hortic (339): p.1-9. (1993 Aug.)
Paper presented at the Workshop on Ecological Aspects of Vegetable Fertilization in Integrated Crop Production in the Field, September 7-11, 1992, Wadenswil, Switzerland.
Descriptors: vegetables; crop-production; integrated- systems; farms; ecology; organic-farming; switzerland; off-farm- input

153.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.S86S8
Ecological sustainability in agricultural systems: definition and measurement.
Neher, D. J-Sustainable-Agric v.2(3): p.51-61. (1992)
Includes references.
Descriptors: farming-systems; sustainability; ecology; farm-inputs; indicators; measurement; federal-programs; farming- systems-research; ecosystems; usa; environmental-monitoring-and- assessment-program; agroecosystem-resource-group

154.
NAL Call No.: 18-G313E-Heft- 406
Economic analysis of consumer behavior towards nutrition with products of ecological agriculture. Okonomische Analyse des Einkaufsverhaltens bei einer Ernahrung mit Produkten des okologischen Landbaus.
Brombacher, J. Munster-Hiltrup : Landwirtschaftsverlag, 1992. ix, 191 p. : ill., Includes bibliographical references (p. 168-172).

155.
NAL Call No.: HD9077.T4M64-- 1994
An economic analysis of organic cotton as a niche crop in Texas.
Mohammadioun, M. 1.; Gallaway, M.; Apodaca, J. K.; University of Texas at Austin. Bureau of Business Research. Austin, Tex. : Bureau of Business Research, University of Texas at Austin, Graduate School of Business, [1994] v, 56 p. : ill., "January 1994."
Descriptors: Cotton-Economic-aspects-Texas; Cotton- Texas; Cotton-trade-Texas; Organic-farming-Economic-aspects-Texas

156.
NAL Call No.: S441.S855
An economic analysis of sustainable agriculture adoption in the Midwest: implications for farm firms and the environment.
Batte, M. T. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE or Agriculture in Concert with the Environment ACE research projects. [1988-. 1991. 98 p.
SARE Project Number: SA-N91-20E. Record includes 3 1/2 floppy disk and several research papers on project.
Descriptors: zea-mays; glycine-max; triticum-aestivum; hay; tillage; economic-analysis; economic-impact; profitability; prices; profitability; alternative-farming; sustainability; low- input-agriculture; farm-surveys; ohio

157.
NAL Call No.: 80- Ac82
Economic analysis of three tomato production systems.
Brumfield, R. G.; Adelaja, F. E.; Reiners, S. Acta- hortic (340): p.255-260. (1995 Jan.)
Paper presented at the XII International Symposium on Horticultural Economics / edited by J.-C Montigaud, L.M. Albisu, U. Avermaete, L. Ekelund, D. Meijaard, and E. de Kleijn.
Descriptors: lycopersicon-esculentum; crop-production; cropping-systems; organic-farming; organic-culture; integrated- pest-management; crop-yield; production-costs; returns; production-costs; economic-viability; new-jersey; conventional- farming; gross-returns; net-returns

158.
NAL Call No.: S589.7.E57- 1994
Economic and environmental analysis of conventional and alternative cropping systems for a northeast Kansas.
Koo, S.; Diebel, P. L. Environmentally sound agriculture proceedings of the second conference 20-22 April 1994 / p.38-44. (1994)
Includes references.
Descriptors: water-pollution; surface-water; contamination; atrazine; pollution-control; economic-viability; alternative-farming; cropping-systems; environmental-impact; economic-impact; kansas

159.
NAL Call No.: S605.5.A43
An economic comparison of conventional and reduced- chemical farming systems in Iowa.
Chase, C.; Duffy, M. Am-J-Alternative-Agric v.6(4): p.160-173. (1991)
Includes references.
Descriptors: zea-mays; glycine-max; avena-sativa; alfalfa-hay; meadows; economic-analysis; cropping-systems; farming-systems; agricultural-chemicals; comparisons; alternative-farming; yields; returns; land; labor-requirements; production-costs; profitability; labor-costs; farm-management; iowa
Abstract: Labor requirements, production costs, yields, and economic returns were evaluated for conventional and reduced-chemical cropping systems in northeast Iowa from 1978 to 1989. Continuous corn (C-C) and corn-soybean (C-Sb) rotations represented the conventional system; a corn-oat-meadow (C-O-M) rotation represented the reduced-chemical system. The C-C and C- Sb rotations used both commercial pesticides and fertilizers. The C-O-M rotation used manure for fertilization and applied pesticides only in emergencies. Operations for all systems were implemented by one farm manager. The C-Sb rotation had the highest corn yield over the 12-year period, and the C-O-M rotation the lowest. The corn within the C-O-M rotation, however, produced the second highest average return to land labor, and management. With costs of production substantially lower than the conventional systems, the C-O-M corn crop had competitive returns despite lower-yield. The C-Sb average return to land, labor, and management was significantly higher than for the other systems. Hourly labor charges of $4, $10, $20, and $50 had little effect on the rankings of economic returns. Because of unusually high alfalfa reseeding costs and low average oat yields, returns to the C-O-M rotation were significantly lower than C-Sb but comparable to C-C. With better alfalfa establishment and higher average oat yields, the reduced- chemical system might have been competitive with the C-Sb conventional system.

160.
NAL Call No.: HD1920.5.Z8E24-- 1994
The economic consequences of a drastic reduction in pesticide use in the EU : revised papers of a workshop held in Tannenfelde (Schleswig-Holstein) November 13th-14th, 1993.
Michalek, J.; Hanf, C. H. Kiel : Wissenschaftsverlag Vauk, 1994. v, 352 p. : ill., Includes bibliographical references.
Descriptors: Agriculture-and-state-European-Economic- Community-countries-Congresses; Pesticides-European-Economic- Community-countries-Congresses

161.
NAL Call No.: TD365.C54- 1995
Economic evaluation of three production regimes at the Ohio MSEA project.
Batte, M. T. Clean water, clean environment, 21st century team agriculture, working to protect water resources conference proceedings, March 5-8, 1995, Kansas City, Missouri /. St. Joseph, Mich. : ASAE, c1995.. v. 3 p. 17- 20.
Descriptors: zea-mays; glycine-max; triticum-aestivum; vicia-villosa; rotations; monoculture; sustainability; no- tillage; chiselling; ridging; tillage; low-input-agriculture; returns; linear-programming; profitability; research-projects; economic-evaluation; pilot-farms; ohio; management-systems- evaluation-areas

162.
NAL Call No.: SB249.N6
The economic impact of organic cotton on the Texas economy.
Gallaway, M. P.; Mohammadioun, M. Proc-Beltwide-Cotton- Conf. Memphis, Tenn. : National Cotton Council of America, 1991-. 1994. v. 1 p. 507-511.
Meeting held January 5-8, San Diego, California.
Descriptors: cotton; gossypium; organic-farming; economic-analysis; alternative-farming; texas

163.
NAL Call No.: SB249.N6
Economic impact of withdrawals specific agricultural pesticides in the lower Rio Grande Valley.
Bryant, K. J.; Lacewell, R. D.; Robinson, J. R. C.; Norman, J. W. Jr.; Sparks, A. N. Jr.; Bremer, J. E. Proc-Beltwide-Cotton-Conf p.404-407. (1993)
Meeting held January 10-14, 1993, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Descriptors: pesticides; economic-impact; regulations; texas

164.
NAL Call No.: SB608.F8E26-- 1993
Economic impacts of reduced pesticide use on fruits and vegetables.
Knutson, R. D. College Station, TX : American Farm Bureau Research Foundation, c1993. v, 123 p. : ill., "September 1993."
Descriptors: Fruit-Diseases-and-pests-Control-Economic- aspects-United-States; Vegetables-Diseases-and-pests-Control- Economic-aspects-United-States; Pesticides- Economic-aspects- United-States

165.
NAL Call No.: SB969.8.U6E26-- 1993
Economic impacts of reduced pesticide use on fruits and vegetables : executive summary. Reduced pesticide use on fruits and vegetables.
Knutson, R. D.; American Farm Bureau Research Foundation. [S.l.] : American Farm Bureau Research Foundation, c1993. 21 p. : ill., Cover title.
Descriptors: Pesticides-Economic-aspects-United-States; Fruit-Diseases-and-pests-Control-Economic-aspects-United-States; Vegetables-Diseases-and-pests-Control- Economic-aspects-United- States

166.
NAL Call No.: HD1775.S8R47-- no.89-3
Economic results of alternative farming systems trials at South Dakota State University's Northeast Research Station : 1985-1988.
Mends, C.; Dobbs, T. L.; Smolik, J. D. Brookings, S.D. : Economics Dept., South Dakota State University, [1989] ii, 95 p. : ill., "August 1989."
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture-Economic-aspects- South-Dakota; Alternative-agriculture-South-Dakota-Economic- aspects

167.
NAL Call No.: QH301.A76
Economic results of farming with reduced levels of inputs: report on the first years of TALISMAN.
Bowerman, P.; Young, J. E. B.; Cook, S. K.; Jones, A. E.; Green, M. Asp-appl-biol (40,pt.1): p.69-76. (1994)
In the series analytic: Arable farming under CAP reform / edited by J. Clarke, A. Lane, A. Mitchell, M. Ramans and P. Ryan.
Descriptors: low-input-agriculture; pesticides; nitrogen-fertilizers; farm-inputs; rotations; research-projects; crop-yield; yield-response-functions; marginal-analysis; farming- syste